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Article #6516Aluminum as rocket fuel?
From: John Thompson Reynolds
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 14:36
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 14:36
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I've seen references in the past which suggest using Lunar O2 and Aluminum as rocket fuels. Have there been any fairly detailed designs of how such a beast would be constructed? Perhaps a hollow cylinder of packed Aluminum dust into which LOX is pumped?
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